July 29, 2006

<با یک کلیک تاجیکی بخوانید و تاجیکی بنویسید؛ حالا برعکس

مدتی پیش در این‌جا، پیشنهاد دادم به برنامه‌نویس‌ها که اگر می‌توانند برنامه‌ای بنویسند تبدیل خط سیریلیک (روسی) به فارسی و برعکس. درست است که آمار تاجیک‌هایی که وبلاگ می‌نویسند به نسبت ایرانی‌ها بسیار بسیار کم‌تر است، ولی گاهی که آدم به یک متن تاجیک با خطّ سیریلیک برخورد می‌کند، زورش می‌آید که می‌داند طرف فارسی نوشته، ولی به خاطر خطّش نمی‌تواند بخواندش. لابدّ  از آن طرف هم همین‌طور است.


That is the best news after this busy and productive week in Amsterdam. I am sure that many people will love this work of tecnology, which will make it finaly possoble for iranians and tajiks to brake the  walls of alphabet. I am so greatful to Khobgard, who has done this heroic job.

July 18, 2006

Murder in Samarkand

Laughing With Murray

I knew he was a hero, but I didn't know that he was so perfect a writer! Especially when he depicts the Butcher of Samarkand discouraged and disillusioned by the EBRD criticism in Tashkent, can't help cease laughing:

"Karimov first went ashen faced. Then he ostentatiously removed his earphone and tossed it away. Then he placed his head in his hands, covering his ears before slowly moving his hands round to cover his eyes, then allowing his head to slump forward until it almost rested on the table. He remained in this extraordinary posture for ten minutes. At one stage Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, put a consolatory arm around him".

You can read more in Darius,s web here:
Myself can't get read it all and carrying it around with me to find a minute of free time to spend with it. Shame on me. God bless Craig Murray!